MPs pledge to protect bees – Shields Gazette

Jarrow’s Stephen Hepburn and South Shields’ Emma Lewell-Buck made the declarations as government ministers look at requests to let dangerous pesticides – known as neonicotinoids – back into UK soil this autumn.

Mr Hepburn said: “I’m committed to doing all I can as an MP to protect #bees in the UK – and speaking up to make sure this ban on bee-harming pesticides is kept in place is critical.